Howard Zinn on the nearsightedness of looping the loop when it comes to political manoeuvring: leave the politics to the politicians and act based on principles.

If you are beginning to kick your Obama habit, a dose of news of real progressive action might help:

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), the most liberal of the Democratic presidential candidates in the primary field, declared in a letter sent to his Democratic House colleagues this morning that he plans to file articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney.

On the right, a candidate that corresponds to values this well would be celebrated. But not if our greatest "value" is "electability".

Democrat Nita Lowey, chair of House panel overseeing foreign aid spending, has announced that she is holding up $86 million in aid to Palestine. She has, we are told, "serious questions".

Chris Bowers writes, under the title On Increased Entry Costs In The Progressive Blogosphere on the growth of the "blogosphere" and where it stands today. His analysis I believe is quite incomplete and in some ways fundamentally flawed.

AP says Tester wins:

Democrats erased the Republican Senate majority Wednesday with a cliffhanger victory in Montana, hours after taking control of the House in an election that delivered a rebuke of GOP scandal, the Iraq war and the course of a nation. [...] In Montana, Democrat Jon Tester, a organic grain farmer who lost three fingers in a meat grinder, prevailed in a protracted contest with three-term Sen. Conrad Burns, who was weakened politically by his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Does anyone know how to get a real link for one of those AP links that wraps the article into a newspaper site of their choice? FWIW, here is a link: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/E LN_ELECTION_RDP?SITE=NCMOR&SECTION=H OME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Via Leiter Reports, an article from SFGate:

An editorial scheduled to appear on Monday in Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times and Marine Corps Times, calls for the resignation of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

Follow the SFGate link for text from the editorial.

Didn't see any mention of this:

WNBC: Lamont Narrows Gap In Connecticut Senate Race

New York Times endorses Menendez for NJ Senate:

New Jersey voters have a choice between a lawmaker who has done a good job of representing the state's concerns and the nation's interests in the House and the Senate and a state legislator with a shallow grasp of the issues and a famous name. Our unqualified endorsement goes to Robert Menendez.